Convertible utensil



G. SANDBERG l CONVERTIBLE UTENS IL Filed May- 11, 1921 v:a sheets-sheer. 1

l5 BY I3 ATTORNEYS Oct. 28 1924.

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WITNESS Patented ct. 28, 1924i.

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GUSTAF SANDBERG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CONVERTIBLE UTENSIL.

Application filed Talay 11,

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that GUSTAF SANDBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, California, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Convertible Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to aconvenient utensil capable of being alternately conver ed into a camping and folding table and a sectional carrying case.v

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a. portable, inexpensive and compact device formed of elements adjustable to serve as a carrying case in which may be transported suitable concealed objects and which device is also capable of transformation into a. small table.

it is further object of `the invention to provide a convertibleutensil having box-like sections hingedly connected to meet, as along a medial'plane, and which sections are provided with foldablc legs to be compactly arranged within the device when it is to be utilized as a carrying and packing case and which legs may be readily unfolded and locked in positions perpendicular to the plane sides of the case and which sides are adapted to serve as a table top.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete portable set of elements constituting an unitary camp service outfit and consisting of a. table-forming case, benches lia-ving elements designed to nest compactly within the case sections and also including a. box for the carrying of lunches or other impedimenta. and which will tit within the closed case.

The invention. possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the followirg description of the preferred form ot' thel ivention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part oi' the specification. It is to be understood 'that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said draw-- :lugs and description, as variations may be. adopted within'the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Fi l, is a perspective of 'the utensil folded into condition to be used as a carrying case.'

Fig. 2, is a perspective showing the outfit 1921. Scrial No. 458,616.

as unfolded and benches serviceable thereat and showing the lunch-box included in the outfit.

Fig. 3, is a. perspective of the unfolded case-forming sections and is a. view looking into the interior of the upturned sections, one of which is partly broken away to show the folded legs.

Fig. e, is a transverse sectional view across the unfolded case sections showing' means for locking the same in open position.

Fig. 5, is a. sectional view of a fragment set up as a table, and

of one of the case sections showing a. step in the unfolding of one of the legs and showing its slidable carrier.

Fig. 6, is a. view similar to Fig. 5, showing the carrier and its leg in locked position.

F ig. 7, is a. sectional view vtransversely across one of the legs and through the frame of a case section on line 7.-7 of Fig. 6, and illustrating in detail a form of lock.

Fig. 8, is an end View of the extended 'table top.

Fig. 9, is a perspective of the 'leg screw socket.

Figure l() is a sectional view of a fragment of one of the case sections showing the leg l1 extended and in locked position.

The present invention consists of a portable camp table and dining outfit and includes a sectional boi: or case of such dimensions that it may be carried in hand and within which may be closely packed elements of the outt such as benches or seats and a lunch or other box; legs being permanently connected to the respective sections and which are capable of being arranged in a position to support the sections of the casing to form a table.

An embodiment of thel invention is shown in which a casing consists of two substantially similar sections 2 and 2, of desired dimensions and materiah'these sections having contiguous frame portions 3, hingedly connected as at 4, so that the sections can be closed to meet at the edges 5, of the frames of the sections and be suitably locked or latched as by fastening device 6. The case may have one of its sections provided with a carrying handle 7.

Preferably the bottom or side walls 8 and 9, of the sections are of such area as to form, when they are brought into a common plane when the sections are unfolded about their vthe slot.

'ward the side or panel S,

"ing end ot leg l0,

oni the aies of the hi ges Kahle i'ei'erably the legs are rigid posts iO the latter being connected by a plain `^ge 12, to the inner surface or' the and preferably close to the side Wall leg ll beine' turnable to an o een eosid: n c 1 1 d l I r.sont tlle oi tee ninge 5 2, so as to origlt in the c Jner formed by the i and in ivhiel'i position it may be locked as by means a tlignnbecreiv 13, passing d'agonallj; through an aperture provided in th-v leg and e eine in a threaded the anele of the traine e lees oit the device cli a Ltastening A sition, each ist the inner aces ot the section and held rigidly. f ntererence between add. i3, ci one section ci the are each ot a length nearly equal te the e,gth of its section Withthe freine it is desirable to mount one et that it can be relatively shifted the c nvenient 'told ng and ot the otheil into proper or desired position. To end, each leg'lO, of the pairs ot legs is mounted on a pivot pin 10a, eitending invrarc ly pergendicularly in asliding carrier in the 'torni or" a piece ot strip iron 15, that is longitudinally slotted t i6, and slidably r tained in place by a s rew or retainin C' means 1'?, passing through rChe ca rkving strip l5, may be inortised into a recess i8, in the inner surface ot the member 5, of the case traine so thatY it CECC nas guided vement thereon toward and ous transverse end Wall of troni the coi the iframeu hus the leg l0, is adapted to be p-ivoted on its pin im, and this vis shittable as indicated vin Fi l 5 and o, so as to enable the nnolding and tolding of the swinging legY ll, that is connected to a respective hinge setting up the table the 'folded legs l() and il, may' be arranged in proper position by iii-st swinging ont ein under the leg 10, the tree end ot the'leg l1, after which the leg l0, can be swung to perpendicular position with its inner end moving down to- When it may be shifted with its sliding carrier lo, into abuti'nent" vith the end Wall ot' the traine section and locked by an inserted thumb-serenT 13, v1'gz 6. It will 'be seen that'the innermost leg il, must be cleared troni below the swing before the latter can be set up.

After the case sectionsv have been opened to' the positions shoivnv in Figs. 3 and il, the 'sections arer locked against hinge movement by passing bolt or other fastening means 20,

heisse# through apertures 2l, the hinged side members 3, ot the trames.

Te-ccmplete the utensil for dining pur roses a bench or benches'is er' are included i the out-lit as shown and may comprise a board 2G, having supporting legs 27, at the ends iii-ovably attached toy the board 26, so that the collapsed benches can be compachtJ arranged in one section of the case 'While in the other section there may be arre' ged lunch box 23.

his lunch bei? is shown as adapted to be ted above and supported bythe case st ncture so to be conveniently accessible and not in the iii-ay. The box may be at tached to table top` to be held steady and elet: s ie't'ioe by suitable means. Such neans n con'iprise a set of legs 24, cbly connected to the ends ot the box f ipted to be slippedinto sockets 25, 1pic-vided in or on the ease sect-ions.

lhe ta le top may be provided with leaves S, that be folded down upon the sides et the ease sections or extended to increase the enea of the table top.

Y stays having flanges 149, adapted ,ired to the corners ot the traine ci' ci the case, thus securing a section carrying case, thesections ot adapted te be aligned to form a table, bar slid-able in each section adi acent the corner thereof, a leg pivoted in each section adjacent the opposite corner thereof, a leg pivoted on each slide bar, and means for securing the legs when extended in their respective corners,

2. i convertible structure comprising a tivo section carrying case, the sections of vhich are lapted to be aligned to form a ndile, a slidable in each section adjacent corner thereof, a leg pivoted in each section adjacent the opposite corner thereof, a leg pivoted'on each slide bar, a socket disposed in each corner and a thumb screw adapted to pass thru each leg into a'socket to secure the legs When extended.

3. A table structure having a trame Whose corners are bound in a corner stayprovided with a socket, legs hinged to the i'rame and adapted to be set up in the corners ot the trame, and means tor engaging the sockets to secure the legs in erected place.

i. ln a table construction having knock down legs, a socket device having flanges to cover the corners of the top frame of the ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto set GUSTAF SANDBERG.

inv hand.

provided therefor in soci-iet le, is preferably formed in or u 

